Wichita eagle., 1887-08-30
KANSAS PLUMAGE

There is some talk at headquarters in n
gard to disbanding the militia company a
Fort Scott unless more efficiency is show,
in the matter of discipline and attention Z
tactics.
| All teachers in the public schools O
Garden City receive ffty.fve dollars pc
month and principals of the various de
partments, seventy-fve.
A thousand teams are blowing in Seward
county; big wheat crop viii be planted.
Ell Dorado now has genuine sensation
The other morning one of her citizens OF
going to the door was surprised to find ~
Ing On the door steps a girl baby about "a
hours old.
The old settlers of Miami, Linn, An
derson and Franklin counties are holding
their annual reunion at Lane, one of the
historic places of the state. The village
was named for Gen. Jim Lane.
Work will soon begin on the Santa Fe's
new $50, 900 depot and eating house q,
Arkansas City. The plans are completed
and the getting out of stone has been COM
menced.
A young lady at Leavenworth had q
peculiar experience few days since.
Twenty eight years ago "Jim" Brown. the
temperance apostle, buried little son in
Pilot Knob cemetery. The cemetery has
been deserted for years and of late a
stone quarry has been opened into
it, making it necessary to remove many OF
the bodies. On last Tuesday Mr.. Brown
had the body Of his son raised, and, owing
to the fact thot 1t had been inferred in q
metallic case, it was found to be almost as
perfect as when laid away so long ago.
Miss Hattie Brown, beautiful anti &C
complished young lady of twenty one OF
twenty-five years of age. was thus enabled
to look upon the features of the little
brother who died years before she was
born.
Articles of incorporation have been filed
in the secretary of states office of the Salt
Plain & Texas railway company. The
road is to begin at Mcpherson and run
southwest through Reno county to the
south line eff the state. The capital stock
Is fixed ut $2,5OO,0O0. The directors are
principally Chicago men.
Caldwell contemplates putting in the
Electric light. Mr.. E. S. Bond who rep
resents the Archer Electric light company,
of Wichita, it is presumed will furnish the
lights for them.
A very strange freak Of nature is report
ed from HARRISON township. Mrs. B. F.
Davis, lady 81 years old, had all her
teeth extracted three months ago and now
nature Is furnishing her a third set. Such
freaks of nature are very rare outside of
Jewell county.
Kingman county has adopted the uni
form system of text books for the public
schools
A round half million Of children in Kan
sas of school age, says the Mercury. There
were 497, 7S5 when the official account was
made up and as that crop never suffers
from drouth, there is, of course, a plump
half million today and thousands to spare.
Mcpherson is said to have donated $780,
900 in cash and lands to secure the location
of the German Baptist college
At the meeting of the city council of
Larned, Thursday afternoon, an election on
the proposition to issue bonds to the
amount of $1,000 to aid in prospecting for
natural gas was ordered to be called by the
mayor. The date Of the election has not
yet been fixed, but. it will probably take
place in about three weeks.
The first annual fair of the Hutchinson
fair association will be held at Hutchinson,
Reno county, Kas., Oct. 4, 5, 6 and T.
Premiums aggregating $4,000 will be
awarded
South Hutchinson is the name of new
postoffice, and is on the field to contend
With her larger sister, Hutchinson.
Since Grant county has been organized,
with Myers as county seat, only two I'M
counties remain in Kansas.
One of the most successful surgical
operations ever performed In Kingman
county was executed yesterday by DR..
Smith, of that city, in removing a five
ounce cancer from the breast of Mss Moi
lie Oden, who resides on the south side. |
The operation caused comparatively little |
pain to the patient.